Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.120
- Creator:
- Rawdon, Wright, Hatch Edson; New England Bank Note Company
- Place of Origin:
- Rockland, ME
- Date:
- 1853
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS CO. OF / THE SHIP BUILDERS BANK / A No. / Will pay ONE DOLLAR on demand / to the bearer. ROCKLAND, 18_ / MAINE. / Cashr. Prest." printed; "Rawdon, Wright, Hatch Edson. New-York." fine print bottom; "New England Bank Note Co. Boston." fine print bottom; "4672" written in ink top; "Sep 8 53" written in ink bottom; W. Pitts and Henry(?) Lowell's signatures bottom; "1" printed in decorative circle bottom left; "1" printed in top right corner; woman seated on rock, trident top left; woman kneeling with produce, harvest bottom right; shipbuilding center, horses, wagons, men, tools; thin black border.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.9 W-7 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Women, Tridents, Produce, Harvesting, Shipbuilding, Horses, Tools, Men
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